Post-juvenile
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An individual in the post-juvenile stage.
"It includes only the intrinsic influence on juvenile survival and considers that the competition takes place between juveniles and post-juveniles rather than within the juvenile category itself."
- 1 Pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period. not-comparable
"It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed."
Example
More examples"It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed."
Etymology
From post- + juvenile.
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